I was wondering if anyone else has stayed at a haunted hotel? This is what happened to me:
I have been traveling a lot this year. I have probably spent over 40 nights at various hotels across the country since January and the year isn't
over yet. In an average year I probably spend 20 or so nights in a hotel. I have also lived in an apartment for the past five years that I think is
haunted.
Even though I believe my house is haunted and I have spent a lot of times in hotels this year I never once stayed at a hotel that I thought was
haunted until last week. I got to spend 10 days at the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas. I love Las Vegas. I try to go every year and for the past
several years we have stayed at the Mirage.
Our room faced the famed Las Vegas strip with marvelous views. When we entered the room I immediately felt a little odd like I had received an
electrical shock but wrote that off as static since Vegas is so dry. For a few days nothing really happened except for occasionally finding things in
the room that were not ours (like a fortune from a fortune cookie layed out on a suitcase), the thermostat was turned way down one afternoon after I
complained about always coming back to a warm room, and we had a feeling our stuff have been moved. Again we just wrote it off-probably housekeeping
moved stuff, right?
About 3 days into our trip we fell into bed exhausted after a day of walking up and down the Las Vegas strip visiting other resorts and having fun. I
just turned off the light and started to say "good night" to my husband when it felt distinctly like someone sat down on the end of the bed. I could
feel that the mattress and covers were depressed. I sat up and turned on the light and it felt like whatever was there stood up at that moment. It
was freaky. With the light on we examined the bed and could find no reason for the weird sensation of someone sitting on the bed.
The next thing two things that happened occurred when I was alone in the room. We had a small soft sided suitcase sitting on a shelf and it had sat
there all week. Something caught my attention and I looked up from the document I was reading to see the suitcase jump off the shelf. It didn't
tumble off but seemed to jump UP, into the air, and then fall down. It startled me but not knowing the nature of the "person" who was haunting the
room (did they just want attention or were they trying to frighten me) I tried not to react much and just said "Cute" in an exasperated tone and left
the case on the floor until I was ready to deal with it.
After that several days passed with no activity. On the last day we were there I returned to the room for a nap before we went out for the evening.
I have a small glasses case that has a light built in. The light turns on by depressing a button. I put that and my small camera on the bed next to
me. I was looking at my phone when a beam of light hit my face. I quickly turned my head but saw nothing. I continued staring at my glasses case
and about 45 seconds later the light turned on briefly. I was shocked and all I could think to do was say "hi!"
Nothing else happened after that. I have been monitoring my glass case and it has not turned itself on again. I am back home and everything here is
calm. It was a weird experience but not really overly frightening.
Do you have any haunted hotel experiences?
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